The concept behind this is the hygiene hypothesis. Although we have to be careful during the flu and cold season, a certain level of germ and microbe exposure can help balance our immune system and shift us away from an allergic profile. It’s important to clean our homes and dishes but a small amount of germ exposure can be helpful. […]

We knew that delaying the introduction of high risk food allergens did not help reduce the incidence of food allergies. Instead, the prevalence of food allergies doubled during that time. Over the last 5 years, the guidelines changed and we recommended earlier introduction of all foods including the high risk food allergens- fish, shellfish, peanut, […]